Two New Zealand Engineers Prosecuted For Depleting Ozone Layer.
By Jim • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: Latest Green News
Two refrigeration engineers have been convicted by a New Zealand court for depleting the ozone layer.
The country’s Ministry for Economic Development prosecuted the two men in the first ever case taken under a 1996 law protecting the ozone layer.
The pair released an ozone depleting substance, chlorodifluoromethane HCFC22, into the atmosphere as they were repairing a drinks chiller, and ignored a warning that it was hazardous.
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